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Hello, I'm a constituent in [city]. Can I please speak to Senator Corker, or leave a message for him?

The Senate has finally begunbipartisan health care hearings, is Senator Corker going to abandon bipartisanship and go back to a partisan repeal plan that guts coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and is opposed by the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, doctors, medical professionals and the majority of Tennesseans? [wait for answer and record it in the notes below]

[Share Your Story: share how you have been affected by free annual well-checks/screenings & preventative care, ban on insurance companies denying coverage, prescription drug discounts for seniors, increased affordability, or access etc? Share why access to health care is an important value of yours. Or, pick a fact from the side bar to share!]

Is Senator Corker going to vote for this bill that cuts coverage for millions, raises premiums, eliminates protections for cancer patients and others with pre-existing conditions, and eliminates maternity, newborn care and other preventative care?

Will Senator Alexander commit to me to vote no on this? [record answer below]

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Want more facts to share? You can also mention one of these on your call:

- 526,000 Tennesseans stand to lose their health coverage, and Tennessee stands to lose $27 billion in federal funding for TennCare, CHIP, and financial assistance from Marketplace coverage. Tennessee can’t afford to pay for that care out of the state budget.

- Seniors and people with disabilities in Tennessee have saved about $424 million on drug costs because the ACA closed the Medicare donut hole.

- 203,000 who got financial help on the Marketplace saw their monthly premiums reduced by an average of $299 per month. We need to make sure those Tennesseans still have access to affordable care.

- 2.8 million Tennesseans have pre-existing conditions that used to block them from getting affordable coverage. We need to make sure they are still taken care of and still have access to care.

- Republican plan to sabatoge the Affordable Care Act and block medicaid expansion has already caused 4 rural communities lose their only hospital, partly because there was too much uncompensated care. 40 more are at risk. Without a plan to protect them, those rural communities and the economy will be devastated. When will you all stop trying to sabatoge health care?

- On Humana: Republicans try to argue the Humana pulled out of TN was it wasn't profitable for them but they seemed to be just fine as they increased compensation for their top five executives by 90 percent last year compared to 2015, and CEO Bruce Broussard's total compensation went from $4.8 million in 2015 to $17 million last year.

- On Senator Alexander and Senator Corker's legislation: Legislation shouldn't take the place of the Trump Administration doing everything they can to attract more insurers into the market. The reality is that the Administration has complete power to make the exchanges successful and to encourage competition. That requires ending their efforts to repeal the law and stopping their work to undermine the law. It also means reaching out to other insurers who may already be in the state to encourage them to enter into more counties.

The problem in Tennessee doesn't require a legislative solution, certainly not one that weakens protections for consumers. It requires Trump and this administration to implement the law faithfully. They need to be working with insurers to encourage them to enter the Tennessee market. Mr. Dealmaker needs to make some deals.

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Will Senator Corker commit to me to Vote NO on the partisan healthcare repeal bill?

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